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If you want to expand this greed-driven view to how absolutely whacky and double dealing this IPO is going to be add in the following: 1) If WeWork does NOT ra
by aresant 7y ago
If you want to expand this greed-driven view to how absolutely whacky and double dealing this IPO is going to be add in the following:
1) If WeWork does NOT raise at least $3billion in this IPO they will be in default of a contingency with lenders that will WITHHOLD a committed $6billion credit line. (a)
2) This at first glance sounds sage, keeps the bankers honest in pushing the IPO right? When in fact the lending bankers ALONE will split a 3% up front loan fee - $180,000,000 - if their buddies down the hall can sell $3b of stock to bag holders in the IPO.
3) If you're lending $6b to a property landlord you'd want some strong guarantees right and again ensure the banks customers are being prioritized? Of course not - these WeWork loans will be "secured against cash and leases" NOT real property.
So the bankers, many of whom are involved in both the IPO and the unsecuritized loan, will FEAST on short term fees but of course believe in the long term viability of the business right?
This should all end well.
(a) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-01/wework-sets-up-6-billion-financing-contingent-on-ipo-s-success https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-01/wework-se...
- willart4food 7y agoThe price of money. Some's going to have to pay for those expensive buildings, bonuses, suits and perks.
- solotronics 7y agoNot sure why your being downvoted, if you think about it this is an interesting application for smart contracts where you need less or no intermediary between investors and owners.
- appleshore 7y agoLuckily, we have the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect taxpayers from such shenanigans.
- olefoo 7y agoEven if it were still functional organization this would be outside of it's purview. This is all SEC territory.